Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Drama

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 02 Jun 2026

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06/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:33:34

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
3	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
6	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
8	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
9	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
10	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	749	Omny Studio	84
12	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
13	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
15	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
16	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
17	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
18	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
19	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
20	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
23	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
24	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
25	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
26	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
27	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
28	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
29	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
30	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
31	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
32	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
33	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
34	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
35	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	149	Megaphone	69
36	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
37	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	703	Spreaker	63
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
40	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
41	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
42	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
43	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
44	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
45	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
46	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
47	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
48	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
49	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
50	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
51	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
52	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
53	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
54	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
55	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
56	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
57	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
58	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
59	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
60	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
61	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
62	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
63	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
64	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
65	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
66	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
67	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
68	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
69	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
70	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
71	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	56	Spreaker	32
72	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	562	Acast	48
73	Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog	GZM Shows	Fiction	15	ART19	58
74	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	53
75	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
76	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
77	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
78	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
79	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
80	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	549	Acast	53
81	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
82	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
83	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
84	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
85	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
86	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	54	ART19	73
87	Old Time Radio Superman Show\|Superhero Adventure Audiodrama	Adam Graham\| Superhero Audiodrama Podcast Host	Fiction	1000	Spreaker	69
88	Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts	Fiction	109	Spreaker	42
89	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1177	Spreaker	63
90	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
91	The Lion and the Adder	Monstrous Productions	Fiction	9	Acast	63
92	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	99	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The Greater Good (No ads)	Pinball Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	42
94	Greek Tragedies	aconnellsmith	Fiction	7	Podbean	43
95	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
96	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
97	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	280	Spreaker	69
98	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
99	Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse Details temporarily unavailable	Tim Mullins	Fiction	50	Audioboom	53
100	MOONFACE	Overtones Media	Fiction	8	Acast	53

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